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Stretching exercise to reduce musculoskeletal pain among x bakery’s workers
Abstract
X bakery has 51 workers and produces approximately 60.000 pieces
of bread in a day for nine working hours. Most of the production
activities are manually handled and only. The low-level
musculoskeletal pain reported by 92% of packaging workers. This
study aims to analyze the effectiveness and ideal duration of
stretching exercise in reducing musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs)
among workers. Using quasi-experimental design, 51 workers
involved as respondents who were asked to do a simple stretching
exercise in specific duration, five days a week in at least 4 weeks.
The MSDs score were measured using the nordic body map (NBM)
questionnaire. Intervention divided into 4 categories based on the
duration. There is lower level of musculoskeletal pain among all
exercise group in average, but comparison test doesn‟t show a
significant difference compared to control group (p-value=0.232).
The group with 15 minutes exercise is the only group that
significantly difference compared with the control group
(p-value=0.020). The workers with 15 minutes stretching exercise,
five days a week tend to have 5.16 % lower level of musculoskeletal
pain compared to the control group. Another type of exercise and
various durations might be needed as comparison to obtain more
representative result.
Publication Details
JournalStretching exercise to reduce musculoskeletal pain among x bakery’s workers
Volume10 (3)
Pagespp. 544-550
ISSNISSN: 2252-8806
SubjectsR Medicine > R Medicine (General)
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Item ID2641
Deposited28 Mar 2023 04:40